Year: 2025
January 15, 2025
Politics
Trump supports Vivek Ramaswamy taking JD Vance’s Ohio Senate seat: source
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's frontrunner for the vacancy is Lt. Gov. Jon Husted -- not Ramaswamy, Republican operatives told The Post. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's frontrunner for the vacancy...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Pam Bondi fends off onslaughts from Democratic senators in fiery clash during confirmation hearing: ‘Not going to be bullied by you’
US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Jill Biden admits Nancy Pelosi pushing Joe out of re-election bid was ‘disappointing’
The first lady says the Democratic revolt against her husband's re-election bid taught her 'a lot about human nature.' The first lady says the Democratic revolt against her husband's...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Trump team reportedly expects $500M boost to war chest by summer with money ‘pouring in at Mar-A-Lago’: ‘Doesn’t have to lift a finger’
President-elect Donald Trump's political operation is getting flooded with so much money on the heels of his election victory that his team reportedly expects to rake in about $500...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Trump praises Israel-Hamas hostage deal that his envoy pushed Netanyahu to accept after ‘historic victory’ over Biden
President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept,...
January 15, 2025
Congress
Bondi won’t promise to enforce TikTok ban
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi declined to say Wednesday whether she would enforce the law set to kick in on Sunday that would ban the popular social media app...
January 15, 2025
Congress
Bondi changes her tune on special counsels
Pam Bondi has argued in courton behalf of a pro-Trump legal group that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional because he wasn’t confirmed by the Senate, despite his...
January 15, 2025
Congress
Rubio prefers working with Mexico, not bombing it, to get cartels
Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio didn’t rule out designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations during his Senate confirmation hearing, previewing a sharp crackdown by the incoming Trump...
January 15, 2025
Congress
Jill Biden shares disappointment with Pelosi: ‘We were friends for 50 years’
First lady Jill Biden shared her disappointment with Nancy Pelosi amid the former speaker’s role in President Joe Biden’s decision to exit the presidential race last year, in an...
January 15, 2025
Congress
Bondi gets into testy exchange with Padilla during questioning over 2020 election
Tensions at the confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, boiled over Wednesday afternoon, as Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) pressed Bondi about her role in Trump’s...